Commercial windows

Do not upgrade a standard window by adjective

· Houston desk

Calling a standard slider "impact" in the email does not change the product. The schedule has to call for it. So does the quote request.

If only some floors are in a wind zone, separate the counts. A building-wide adjective is how the wrong half of the job gets priced.

Product sourcing

Product sourcing for commercial windows includes impact openings only when the specification calls for them. Division 8 USA is a Houston supplier of commercial architectural products for hospitality, multifamily, commercial, student housing, and senior living. The services are specification review, product sourcing, project quotations, procurement coordination, and delivery coordination.

What to send

  • The impact requirement from the specification
  • Opening type: sliding, fixed, or hung
  • Sizes and quantities
  • Frame finish
  • Project location

What this note will not do

A Florida approval code printed on a product page is a manufacturer reference. It is not a Division 8 USA test report, and it is not a project approval.

More on commercial windows. The five services are on product sourcing. Send the specification for a project quotation.

Can a standard slider be named impact later?

Treat that as a revision. Send the openings that actually require impact, with sizes and quantities, as their own lines.

Impact-rated sliding windows
Reference photograph. Not a completed Division 8 USA project.

Project quotes

Send the specification.